Introduction and Setting the Scene

We have several recent policy and guidance documents relevant to service provision and support for people with eating disorders and eating difficulties living in the UK. Some of these explicitly include the need to provide support for people with ARFID across the age range.

It is essential that we collectively embrace the task of turning words into practice and actively address the question of how we can now work together to implement positive changes and improve service offers.

Accountability for pushing change forward rests with each of us, whatever our role or experience.

The focus of this afternoon session will be on three main issues that have been clearly identified as needing improvement in relation to people experiencing ARFID: access to care; clinician knowledge and skills; and provision of appropriate, person-centred support.

We will be hearing from people with lived experience, learning about relevant recent research findings, and listening to colleagues sharing practical examples of how they have approached implementing positive change.

The aim of the afternoon is that every participant will be able to leave with some practical ideas to take back and consider in their own setting.